1938 in association football
The following are the football events of the year 1938 throughout the world.Manchester City F.C. become the only team in history to be relegated the year after being champions of England.International tournaments
- 1938 British Home Championship
- FIFA World Cup in France
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- 1938 Bolivarian Games
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Births
- 17 March: Adolf Knoll, Austrian football player
- 19 April: Stanko Poklepović, Croatian football player and manager
- 7 June: Armando Tobar, Chilean international footballer
- 25 June: Enver Yulgushov, Russian professional footballer and coach
- 26 June: Gene Gaines, American football player
- 29 June:
- * József Gelei, Hungarian football player and manager
- * Giampaolo Menichelli, Italian winger
- 2 July: Marcel Artelesa, French international footballer
- 3 July: Sjaak Swart, Dutch footballer
- 6 July:
- * Uli Maslo, German football player and manager
- * Oleh Bazylevych, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and sport administrator
- 8 July: Vojtech Masný, Slovak football player
- 12 July: Lin Shllaku, Albanian footballer
- 28 July: Luis Aragonés, Spanish international football player and manager
- 28 August: Đorđe Pavlić, Yugoslavian international footballer
- 9 December: Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian international footballer
Deaths
